Scott Grier

Owner/CEO Preferred Healthcare Consulting, Inc.

Sarasota, Florida, United States

About

Thirty (30) years delivering high technology solutions into Healthcare IT, providing clinical products and professional services to clinics, hospitals and government healthcare facilities. Experienced in Sales & Marketing management, Business Development, P&L and exceeding revenue projections. Selected by Cerner and Siemens for outstanding performance in sales leadership and exceeding quotas. Recognized by FCG Consulting for developing New Business and building consulting practices with a 400+% increase in revenues. Current Co-Chair 2008-12 for HIMSS Asia-Pacific Group, and elected to Board of Directors for Florida HIMSS 2008-12. Assignments accepted for both domestic and International contracts, providing vendors with qualified staff for Healthcare IT System Implementations. Specialties: Healthcare IT Consulting for Clinical Solutions including Meditech, Siemens Sorian, Cerner, Enterprise Rad. & Card. Imaging PACS, Document Imaging, and Epic. Contract negotiations, IT system specification development, preparing RFP's, Benefits Realization analysis for ROI, Implementation and Project Management, Sales & Marketing management, Business Development and Partnering in Fortune 500. Since 1979 Scott has also held a US Coast Guard 100 Ton Ocean Operators "Masters License", where he has both operated & transported vessels from 30' to 92' on the East & West Coast USA on Atlantic & Pacific waters, Greece, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Poland, dozens of islands in the Caribbean and Virgin Islands, Guam, Rio-de-Janeiro, Mexico and Bahamas. Scott has also held a Florida Yacht Brokers License since 2001, has owned an Offshore Power Boat Racing Team based in Sarasota Florida for 17 years, and raced Offshore Sailing yachts since the 70's to Bermuda & Cancun,. Accomplished in underwater repairs, scuba diving & antique boat restorations, Scottfinds time to give lectures on cruising in foreign countries to Yacht Clubs and Sea Scout troops with his Golden Retrievers alongside

Experience

  • Business Owner at Self-employed
    Jan 2007 - Present · 19 yrs 6 mos

  • Sr VP Business Development at Talent Advisors, LLC
    Jun 2013 - Mar 2014 · 10 mos

    The Talent Advisors, LLC provides unparalleled, industry-leading IT consulting and staffing services for hospitals and health care organizations looking to maximize their investment in their Healthcare IT information systems. Our experienced Senior Level Consultants understand the demands facing complex healthcare organizations, from attesting for Meaningful Use to achieving and maintaining clinician IT adoption, to transitioning from ICD 9 to ICD 10 coding and more. The Talent Advisors is always on the lookout for new consulting talent resources. If you’re an ambitious go-getter looking to join our consulting team, head to the Consultants page on our website and get in touch with us right away! http://talentadvisors.net/careers/ That also goes for all you potential recruiters and sales people out there. We work with health care organizations looking to implement MEDITECH, Cerner, Sorian, McKesson, EPIC and other leading software solutions, so while experience, and PMP is preferred with these solutions, it’s not required. The Talent Advisors has competitive salaries/benefits and flexible schedules, but most importantly is an environment with tremendous growth opportunities for you thought leaders out there. Our company is all about career development, so we’re not only talking about financial growth, but also focusing on developing you into esteemed professionals.

  • Sr Healthcare IT Consultant at IBM - Healthcare
    Jul 2011 - Jun 2013 · 2 yrs

    Technical Sales Sr. Consultant for the Master Data Management division in Predictive Businesss Analytics, Data Warehousing, Big Data and Enterprise Data Management. Covering USA.

  • Chair - Programs Committee at CFHIMSS Board of Directors
    Jun 2007 - Jun 2011 · 4 yrs 1 mo

    Chair of the Program Committee for last 3 years. Develop and execute HIMSS Education events in major cities of Florida where CIO/COO's of Florida's Hospitals utilized the HIMSS forum to discuss information technology challenges, including the recent adoption of EHR/EMR solutions for healthcare efficiencies.

  • Founder & CEO at Preferred Healthcare Consulting, Inc.
    Jan 2007 - Jun 2011 · 4 yrs 6 mos

    Current 2008-12 HIMSS Board Program Chair for Florida CFHIMSS. Current 2008-12 HIMSS Asia-Pacific SIG Co-Chair Providing Healthcare IT Consulting services for Clinical Solutions in Hospitals, Government, DoD and IDN's. Specialty services in Radiology PACS, Cardiology PACS, Document Imaging and EHR/EMR for vendor selection, contract negotiations, Benefits Realization studies, Project Management and Implementation Services. Experienced in all major solution providers including Cerner, Siemens, MediTech, GE, Amicas, Fuji, Agfa and Carestream/Kodak. Established partnerships with FCG/CSC Consulting & ACS Consulting.